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• *K3HJ WKATHKR FORECAST ■,-'}.:• ; ■ For Tacolna- and vicinity! ■' *" rfi fir ■ '' #^ IJ^Jl^^" ". ■ '*'"pV : Showers ? tonlsUt-' mid KOI ■ , ■ day; gentle southerly breeze. *I — ' -■ 45- : ;«•:■■>•-, ■■•;-/- -■.■• : CONVICTS' BOLD PLOT _ -^_____ , . , , . . , „_ ■ »"■-■■■ ■■» I —■' ■■ . . ■ . '■'■.— ■—.-— l-l . . IEN .CONDEMNED ITO SERVE LIFE TERMS .' FRUSTRATED 11 IN PLAN TO BLOW IP CHI i CAGO ; JAIL 1 AND LIBERATE i*; THOUSAND I*RISONERB.'|^® 9 ' *\» '* . ■ __ If ". ' :'■ . . .- ■ ■':< ' [j .: CHICAGO,' May> 18. — A bold |J pl<jt to blow. up j the' Jail here and y liberate^ a thousand prisoners was 4 frustrated ■ today ; by 'the discovery lof a store of nitro glycerine In the || prison.*l A breach\ had j been . made in west wall in which tire con- Q victs planned Jto place explosives ''and destroy the wall. 1"-«'w, ■.;'V\r-';'- --§ Extensive plans had been made f. By the prisoners: to make a break | ( in ii body at the time of the ex plosion. ' Bed, slats. and r other im ,% provised ;; weapons .: were M found placed In convenient spots.'«^r; m I Armed -I; 'guards •;' were today I placed throughout•» the prison } and Wittered to < shoot * any. prisoner who i tried »to escape. V■. :■ :-v*,;; I. J In the cell of Charles Hanscni -a convicted murderer, the guards found a sealed tin . can contain ing a sufficient amount'of r.itioi glycerine -to blow -X\ip th© whole building.,;. It is aid that Hansen I has confessed "and implicated Luke FUzpatriek, also: a life ; prisoner, in the plot. ; ;,,. T Hansen j was - sent" to' Joliet ' in Irons today. ",•'-'■ '"-. i ,:*v. COSTLY FIRE !v >' '"• LOS i ANGELES, : May 18.—Fire • yesterday j damaged :■■ the l-: five istory ; building- Occupied by the f P. j H. Mathews Paint company to the extent of ; $100,000. ; : :*' "CHICKEN BAKER FREE. 'h - . A. C. Baker, commonly known ts "Chicken" Baker, has been re leased from the city bastile as ■} J»is „ fortrier vi; complainant, - Gus . Coates; Jon the reservation, has j refused to prosecute.: Baker was charged with assaulting.; Coat.es' ■ daughter. V..*-, V - } ;y ■ ■■;;..;:,■;.= i MERRY-GO-ROUND STIRS WRATH OF OLD TOWNERS !■: ■'•; Commencing; at an early hour ■_.; C yesterday afternoon the telephone at the police headquarters has - -"sen ringing ■almost incessantly, :> and I the tired . sergeants . have; lis ..■.•■■■' tened to .scores of "4^ complaints % :^.jrom. indignant citizens of Old - Town. A common, ordinary mer ;l; ry-go-round is responsible ; for the commotion. This vehicle of pleas ure has been placed in the street ■v at North Twenty-ninth and Carr ■;4; and citizens this morning: inform "•;■• "r^d 'the police that the employes :. of the concern were tearing, up X ;; t• ; the.: street v :; 4 ■■% ■*:i.^' i^,_ C'/" - Permission was rriv^n tije ron>~ Ssnii??stiS: □lite Btate," by; the com g missioner ; of public, works and a ? license was" secured from the city clerk's office by F. W. Farr to oc cupy the street. '.; The complaints ; grew so numerous-that the office of the commissioner of public works has been notified and is.in ■ vestigating the affair. ' a - f"' ->-.V. "We should have a private tele phone exchange," said one of the , "detectives at the police station, '"'v. jokingly. "Last" night i counted *' 17 calls in 45 minutes myself." SHRINERS EYES BULGE AT SIGHT OF BIG MILLS Shriners from the Far East reached Tacoma from Portland this morning about 8 o'clock by special train and spent the fore noon In inspecting the city. There were the representatives of Lulu temple of Philadelphia, the Cres cents of Newark, N. J., and Shrin ers from Trenton, N. J., consist- Ing in all of over 126 people. J. S. Simpson, assistant treas urer of the Puget Sound Electric railway, had the visitors in charge. After a trip to Point De fiance park, and an extensive ride BiO COMPANIES ARE IN LEAGUE NEW YORK, May 18—Patrons,] employes and hotels furnishing booths to the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, are Just awakening to the fact that, although an actual consolidation of the two giant corporations may not have been effected, yet a hard and fast-working agreement has been reached. They realize that it means Increased tolls, de creased disbursements In the way of salaries and station rentals, fewer employes and a great im STOLE OVER $20,000 _ EXPERT'S FIGURES SHOW - ': THAT JOHN lUPLINGER'S PECULATIONS AMOUNT TO $22,878. SEATTLE, May 18. — Form k er ; Comptroller John Riplinger's SEATTLE, May 18. — Form er Comptroller John Rlplinger's -' peculations from the city's" 'in .",> complete ' work fund" amounted to 122,878.64, . according to the «Sf figures of an expert accountant, ; ' who has just completed checking fJlip. the city's engineer's books. The figures may vary slightly when «p the former comptroller's books are checked, but that is practic vj[/ aliy the amount stolen by Rip linger, who is now thriving on the stolen money in Honduras. FREED UNDER NEW UNWRITTEN LAW SEATTLE, Mar 18.— Judge Gordon yesterday found the Vol unteer park "vigilantees" guilty of assault and battery on Clar ence Holton, and then commend ed them for Inflicting what to him appeared to be deserved punish ment. It was Bhown by the testl . mony that the attention of the three was first attracted by the cries of a girl who called for help. VOL. 4. NO. 128. CLARENCE DARROW, LABOR IiAWYER. MOST CONSPICUOUS MAN IN BOISE The "^ complaints *y became so numerous that 1 Chief Malony sent an officer with Instructions to tell the i man to \ vacate Vat " once. ;He refused to move and Chief Malony then appeared before Judge Arnt son for : a warrant. f The ; commis sioner of public works being in formed\of the drastic <■ measures taken by the police, Commissioner Woods left shortly, after 2 o'clock this afternoon to look tinto the matter personally. : ; ■ ;„. .;i;." ; f SHATTERED THE PEACE i^,Joseph<\H»l?StCiv^:%l^^^*ar-' rested % last Wednesday ; for dis turbing the peace, and released on bail Thursday, failed to keep the peace ( and was again arrest ed yesterday. The bail was for feited. 'Upon securing another bondsman he was again permit ted to have his freedom. PRISONERS CLEAN UP ' The prisoners in ;„ the county jail are busy washing and fumi gating over 100 blankets. V over most of the lines In the city, seeing the business and residen tial sections, the entire party oc cupied considerable time at the St. Paul mills. Coming from a section of the country where there Is no milling on a large scale, the Eastern visitors did not seem to tire of the sight of a big mill in operation. After a light lunch the party left for Seattle on the 12:15 Flyer. The New York city and vlolnity Shriners have yet to put in an appearance but the time of their arrival is not known. pairment in the rapidity and ef ficiency of service. The compact -will mean a sav ing of about $2,400,000 a year to the telegraph companies. The Western Union has a capi tal stock of $100,000,000. It has 1,184,557 miles of wire and 24, --000 offices. It handles about 68, --000,000 messages a year. Its in come is $29,033,635 and the net profit $7,188,065. The Postal company's common stock pays 2 per cent, and its pre ferred 4 per cent. Rlplinger had charge of $100, --000 in" the fund. The booku show that about f60.000 of this amount was disbursed legitimate ly. About $16,000 of the fund was found deposited in a local bank, and it is believed that the remainder all found its way in to the absconding comptroller's pocket. When Riplinger's defalcations was first reported, It was said that the total was less than $20, --000. Later the officials declar ed that his $10,000 bond would more than cover his peculatione, but the expert's figures, made public today, show that he stole more than twice the amount of his bond. Judge Gordon in giving his de cision severely scored men who take young girls to parks for im proper purposes. AGED MAN ARRESTED. Christian Crmenish, age CO veara, was arrested this morning by Truant Officer Hill and taken to the city Jail. He is charged with indecent conduct. The Tacoma Times. Sketched From 'Life in Boise, Es ■■ • - pecially for This Newspaper. * : Attorney Clarence ;S.. Darrow, chief I adviser for the defense: In the .Moyer-Haywoqd' case, Is one of the most conspicuous; men' In Boise. He has been Identified with; many ■ notable .cases against corporations, fighting the Chicago gas * trust and the coal J trust in Pennsylvania. He was counsel: in the Debs strike case and served in many labor injunctions j and labor conspiracy cases on the side of labor. -,<*■;•; ';'-,'''[ •■■"■ i '*■■:'. '''.]''. INDIANS INDICTED 'v 1 FOR KILLING SQUAW SEATTLE, May 18. i- The federal grand jury today return ed ■ indictments for; murder in the first degree against William Bag ley and v Bob Celestlne, j Indians, from the : reservation, near Everett. >•■- ;■: :":'-';v "; '""<■■■. 'v, The men are ! charged ; with' the murder of ?;»> Mary ;>■ Cheaco, a squaw, whose head they beat In with an as last November. About 20 Indians testified \ against' the ■ ■■••v. \ SAILORS SPILLED INTO THE brine * By the capsizing of their, boat, two sailors of the Hawaiian liner Misourl barely escaped drowning last night, midway between the St. Paul mill docks and the Fose boathouee. Shortly after dark, when they were returning to shore, a heavy puff of wind struck their sail, which was lashed down, and threw the little craft over ontp her side, spilling the men in to the water. However, they caught hold of the gunwale and hung on until one of Fobs' boats came to the rescue and took them ashore none the worse for the wetting. The capsized boat belongs to the Foss fleet. horseTtes MAN'S LIP Having been teased by boys un til his temper was badly ruffled, a horse owned by* the Tacoma Truck company yesterday after noon retaliated upon G. Q. . Nel son, his driver, by biting a piece of flesh about the size of a half dollar from his lower lip. The horse, which was one of a feam of .four, was standing on the Commercial dock. Several boys had worried" him and when Nelson attempted to lead' him, the horse snapped at Nelson's face, tearing the lip away. Nelson was attended by Dr. Rust, who sewed the lip together. LIQUOR CASE GOES UP The transcript In the case of T. Kawazoi and C. Harayama, who are charged with selling liquor without a license, was filed in the superior court this morning. The case was tried before Police Judge Arntson who fined them each $50 and costs. They made a motion to dismiss the case on the ground that the ordinance was unconsti tutional, but being unable to get it dismissed have appealed the case. FUNERAL TRAIN REACHES CHICAGO CHICAGO, May 18.—The fun eral train bearing 29 bodies of Shrlners who were killed In Cali fornia a week ago, arrived today en route East. The surviving rel atives accompanying In a private car. ;. A committee of 100 Shriners met the train here. \ They con doled the survivors, cared for the wounded and deposited flowers on the.caskets of the dead.' Miss Estella Van Dusen, the talented musician, will play and ex-Senator R. A. Dague will speak at 721 Commerce street tomorrow night. CORONER'S JURY CENSURES SCIENTST NEW YORK, May 18.—Cen sure in strongest terms was meted out yesterday afternoon by the coroner's jury to Chas." S. Byrnes, who lost ten children and his wife since he Joined the Christian Sentence church. The censure was on account of his failure to call a ' physician to treat his 6-year old daughter who died recently. , TACOMA, WASH., SATURDAY EV EUING, MAY 18, 1907. INSANEOVER REVIVAL Warren Law, son of James Law, of 903 South Junett street, was taken to a private sanitarium at Portland yesterday by his father to recover from insanity induced by the religious excite ment which reached its height during the recent revival. Young Law was physically weakened by hard study before the revival started. Hln parents made an effort to keep him quiet ly at home, but he insisted on at tending tho revival meetings and ihe excitement was too much for* him. For several days since the close of the revival the boy has beejr going about the neighborhood of his homo carrying a hy nut book and singing religious songß. would stand alone in -the middle of a vacant lot for an hour at a. Mine singing and talking of TKB subjects which he had heatd Evangelist Hart discuss during the revival meetings. . KUROKI VIEWS RACES NEW YORK, May 18. — Gen. Kurokl was the guest of General Grant at Governor's Island this morning and went with' Auguut Belmont to the races at Belmout park this afternoon. The Japanese cruiser Vice Ad miral ljuin will sail for England tomorrow. RAILBOAJ) PROMOTION ST. PAUL, May 18. — W. W. Broughton has been appointed general traffic manager of atjf Great Northern lines. He wa# formerly freight traffic managar. W. P. Kennedy will ba assistant manager. FEAR OF DEATH LOOSED RUEF'S TONGUE • SAN; FRANCISCO, May 18.— Henry Ach, formerly., counsel for Abe Ruef,. admitted today that It ' was fear of death": that broju&at . a confession of guilt from '; RuefVt; Short Lease of ■iAiei'}?;jzfj?. ' > Ruef's mother and sister, whom the ex-boss idolizes,: wer^ told by two ■of Ruef's • physicians that ; had about two years to live. T drove the ; parents and sister tq t Ruef; with j renewed "pleadings Id J give up the fight and throw him- • self upon the mercy of : the cour:. ■* Ruef , resisted as long as i poes. ' but:when,"they? repeated to hi Q j what the doctOTSt9.ai'&^he'"kHr>4*i4.! * a.Ji pWuied to coriUnu"o Ifuef % trial on the extortion charge over ' a period of four months. i^.;»,; Destroying Toll-Tale letters. >{. , < The prosecution claims to have i information to the effect that i Schmltz has been destroying a great mass of letters and other documents during the V last few days. ■■, ' ■"">.-;;;•■, : Five Bills Against Schmltz. j SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.—In i the next batch of Indictments to i be returnad by the grand Jury i there will be five true bills i against Mayor Schmitz. Accord- i ing to the best authority ho will , be Indicted on charges of recolv- ! ing bribes from the United rail roads, the Pacific States % and ■ Home Telephone companies and the fight trust. t ', Bseldes these another Indict- i ment for extortion will probably ! be returned. Unless the plans of i the district attorney's office are WILL RUSH JL • The judiciary.committee of the i city council will take up the i Union Pacific franchise next week i and it is expected to shape it up for final passage. The council will probably ac cept the suggestion of Attorney Christian for the passing of the franchise first and then the mat ter of street vacations will be taken up. The council, however, seems In clined to require the Harriman lnteersts to get possession of enough additional land on the brow of the gulch to make its pos sible for the opening of Center ELECTRICAL WORKERS ARE ON A STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.% The electrical workers employed In the power bouses of the United railroads walked out this morn ing. ; , Their places were promptly fill ed by' non-union men and cars were operated as usual. MANY TICKETS SOLD Up to last night 3,250 tickets had been collected at the door of the old High school for the pic ture exhibit. These did not In clude the admission paid at the door. The Logan school chil dren have sold $76.40 worth" of tickets and stand at the head of the selling list. PRESIDENT'S COUSIN ..- IS BURIED WASHINGTON, D. C, May 18. Captain .. George , Roosevelt, the president's cousin, who was con sul at Brussels, was burled today in Oak Hill cemetery with mili tary honors. . . - His congressional medal of honor, won for gallantry in bat tle, was bequeathed to the presi dent as next of kin. WEALTHY PIONEER IS ABERDEEN, May 18.— has been established by County Cor oner Girard that the death of Matt Mattson, a pioneer of the Wynoochee valley, was caused by the attacks of an infuriated bull. From appearances Mattson was attempting to put a. ring -In * the animal's nose. The man's arms and neck were'broken and hia whole body terribly lacerated, lie l ' ■ l ..,...■• . .-';■'. .. , BURGLARS GET 813,000 .s parai>ena, Cal., May V. 18.-— jpvor.V:sl3,ooo "in : stamps , nmi I I nail gum of money] and a drawer a |ll of .valuable [ papers were 1 Btol .<sl fron\ tlie safe In the local post oflico last -': night. :';;■";.".- V^.- •'•*■•";"": i' *' *t§ Ahc ; robbor^'i.nearly l succeeded i*i | forcing" the ! small ; treasure' sec- Uon^of 1 the "safe, which contained ! t£,oftO /; lii cash .when,: they t v were [ frightened'■': away. ,* ; They made their escape In:a"stolen> buggy. \\i iV---:»": /'" " " . ■"'"• v • ■■■' WHEAT DROPS tjx.- ■ :):;-:! .'•'.' ■ - '-■"'"'*• <';■■■'» -!;:■':'■■*-"-.■■;,: CHTCAGO, May IS.—There ; ;^ro^sharp; losses in wheat prices ly today, ninny ; speculators ■ be' wig; Impressed with the j Idea J that (lie .'damage was mainly ' discount- ed, the : ( price being bulled on sen timent alone. *■; July, closed ~ above a«" dollar ? Friday and • early today sold lat 96 Vi. ;■ ; September 4^wa» jti>% |C| and ' December - 100 {gainst Friday's close at 102 V*. . Wheat, sold off 3% • to 4% o and big" firms sold heavily '. to « got rid ftf long lines over Sunday. Pickers got , the : worst of the deal.>;r July closed at' 96% and September.- at 87%:-'; : .;v,%-.-/..; ;■ ,: to changed, Indictments for extort ing " $2,400 ? rom" the .'"municipal crib" will be returned. i ;-.'■':>: It was stated this morning that yesterday's ', session Jof v ; the ;- Jury completed i the case against the United railroads and all that ire toalns .to be I done la drawing '.lip the'"lndictments.' '> .- V " •*■■' 1% SAN; FRANCISCO, May IS.— Abraham Huef, before grand jury yesterday, .wove around May pvj Sch'mltz another, web | that bids bUr :to bind I him . fast in the peni sntlery Kbef ore. the present graft |liVesti|iition*i»'-idl^Wi«';/; v-:'' t:;rrir'J t Huei • testified that Schmlfoe hud lotfnre to htm demanding that - tho Parkside Traction-.'-' company "pay $40,000 for a franchise they de sired to , boom j) some ,real estate. Schmitz Bald . I the supervisors should have $1,000 each.-leaving 122,000 which he would divide with Ruef. ' '""■: "^: ■;,':".:.'' ",■ Mayor Schmltz during the day made . a statement denying ■ that he had handed over the reins of authority to the committee of sev en, and branding as false any statements Ruof might i. make charging he had ever received or agreed" to receive a bribe for any purpose. President Calhoun of the Unit ed railways also issued a state ment to the public branding as f|a|se any statements that his com pany had bought its franchise and declaring a conspiracy exists head ed!- by the '/prosecutor" to "destroy him and his company for personal qhds. He says he will expose the ■whole thing in time. ; i| FRANCHISES street to Jefferson and if this Is dpne; there | will be no dispute about the franchise. ••■. ■'•■■'-.- ■ J It has been suggested that the T. R. & P. would probably be willing to secure the land needed which nun not already secured if the city would give it a franchise from i Jefferson avenue clear through on Center street. The council will probably prefer to deal with the Union Pacific, how ever, and not give the T. R. & P. any more franchises of value till ♦he company comes to terms and agrees to some of the things the council desires. s . FPAYSTo CARRY HOD j^OLUMBUS, 0., May 18—"The (p'erage hod carrier In New York g<3ts's9oo per year. A thousand Presbyterian ministers get from $400 to $600," said Rev. A. J. Karr, at the Presbyterian gener al assembly today, while seeking to raise $4,000,000 additional for the ministerial relief fund. EDWARDS RELEASED '! Charles Edwards, tho colored man, who has been held In the county Jail pending the result of the bullet wound j received by J. Brownfiold a few days ago, was released today on motion' of the prosecuting attorney. , | The men were - rehearsing a play when the revolver was dis charged. Edwards. claims he did nut know it was loaded. I BREWERS STRIKE SAX FRANCISCO, May 18.— The brewery workers and drivers in! every brewery in this city' ex eept three struck this morning tor $27 per week and an 8-hour 'lay. Fifteen hundred . men > are involved. ; „ ';,..-. \ § MADRID, May 18. —Prince Alfonso, the Spanish royal heir, was baptized today amid much pomp. :"'.V, "• y--,. ...'-. "KILLED BY HAD BULL i leaves a larg«£sft of prop : HAHfJE T&CS AGAIN . PITTSMJRG, May 17. . — An i other chapter in' ; tijie II di •■ vorce case opened.tfxlay when, ar i gumenta on: Augustus. Harl ij appeal began. He cli^rns the court ; erred la; using Jim ' a divorce. 25 CENTS A MONTH. YOLIVA IS DEPOSED GIRL CLAIMS STEEL KING COREY'S WIFE AS MOTHER CHICAGO, . May ; , 18. — Miss , Kfttherino Hillnmn. one ."; of 0 the prettiest |glrliilnithe« West "Aurora ; High : school, who bus been;: living with her grandparents,*-/ Mr. 2 and Mrs;'? Joseph Hillnian, for «i| the past fifteen years, start led ;all}Au rora today by declaring;, that, she - j is a daughter ;; of «•. Mrs. j Mabelle , Qlltnan-Oorey, ;. who 'i la now cross ing J the iT Atlantic i r on her honey moon with , her husband, William Ellis ;aCorey, president of the United. States*. Steel corporation; # ": .Misss llilluiiiii further *?« stated . that '„' slip has|recently/ received.i a letter'from her mother, whom had s long ; considered i dead. £*&' \' Miss luiittmn, after making those confidences to her -*dearest friend^';at: the High : school, ;has been ordered to '"proee'ryo'- strict silence on the subject ;C by her grandparents nml has steadily re fused ii©3 divulge the ;,»cohtonts T of her letter or say anything further about ■ it. >;; :^a . \- : fj*-; i* . ■" ."•', '". C When " Been < today Mr. i and Mrs.' Hillman \ refused ito v discuss" tho matter, admitting,'' hovvovi'r, that Ml!«s Hillman had not known the whereabouts of her '.mother,.t from childhood and recently had re ceived a lotter• from her. long-lost mother. ■;■.''•'•, V, .':'■': ' ;/; •'■,y::'p' t " l That Hillman is the daugh ter ,of ; Mrs. • Million.. ()liman-C6rey Is not I den led," ■.« how over, |by close friends of the lfaniily/?^*'>ji¥;v > >Miss Hillman was'born In Au rora severlt'ean j, years'" " ago, her father Charles * Hillman; formerly a Burlington brakeman. * •"[ Htliman . and ' Miss ; Mary ' Qrove.l were quietly, married; by. a magiß* tratejat Geneva, 111., during the ! summer } of fis no. ; The ago •of i Miss ! GroCves, who ,was; a daughter ! of William oroves,V'of I Chicago, was then only 15 years. ,'^.<<: :-' ; Mrs. Hlllniau ' left mystOrioualy s af short time aftor the birth of i her!; child find waa uftciwanls heard- of In Paris. 5- Finally her \ Aurora relatives'lost all trace of j her.'sv.?..,r K;i'?-';:-?. ;'•!; *% -C "■■' "■:;.' ; r.s The girl wife: of ; Charles 11111- j man' and the present-,wlf£f4f the % steel -magnate are j declared to ■bo I the .'same by "' many ncquaintancoß % and •/friends of t the HlUmunH in I Aurora, .;.;. ;.: ■.:'■;.;•;,,.:. ;, { APPOINTED TO GET THIEVING OFFICIAL SSATTI.E, May 18.—L. vH. I'anley 'of Auburn has % been i ap« pointed agent of the Bta^* lor.tho purpose of bringing back John Ripllnger,'-?,. ex-city v>^;c6ntrollfn charged with embezzlement, from i Mi? Fauley may not have occasion i to make, the trip, but It is necessary that an agent of the;state ] be" appointed \ and bo rendy to act a»«oon an the, formal deraand of ,the United , States gov ernment; Is made on the ! govern ment of Honduras. . . .: ; MIZNERS DIVORCED NEW YORK, May 18. — The marital woes of Mr. and Mrs. Wil son Mizner are at an end, the su preme court yesterday having granted n decree of divorce to Mrs. Mlzner on tho ground of Mizner'B misconduct. Mrs. Mizner will resume her former name of Mary Adelaide Yerkes. MANY CHINESE DYING SHANGHAI, May 18.—Famine sufferers anxiously await tho ar rival of the United States army transport Buford, which left San Fr.ui'lßCo May 8 with a cargo of flour for tlio sufferers. Hundred! of Chinese are dying as a result of eating clay. GOING AFTER THE LAND GRABBERS MILWAUKEE, May 18. — United States Marshal Woii haw recoived 40 subpoenaes for Mil waukee people as wltneaHen to the Driver coal fraud oane. Weil sayß he has no warrants to serv«. NEW CORPORATIONS Articles of Incorporation of tho Tacoma Table company were filed with the county auditor yesterday, afternoon. "The capital itock ia $.'(5,000. F. C. Brewer, Win, 11. .< inoiir und Augußt yon Boeck -11 v are the incorporatora. FATALLY SHOT WASHINGTON, D. C, May 18. J. McAbey, a deliveryman, wa» probably fatally shot tl ing by Gaston Phillips In the lt- a ter'i apnrtmentg at the Aril hotel. The men disputed money. rviov uikik PROTESTS .INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 18. —Six hundred union men parad ed the > streets yesterday as a mark against the action of fed eral Judge A. D. Anderson In or dering the sale of the property of a union machinist to pay the costs of contempt proceedings against the machinists' union. SLEUTHS AT WORK DENVER, May 18.—Forty "se cret service men are here, work ing with the federal grand Jury, In the land fraud cases. . Chief Wallace has '■ departed. It; In : bo lieved he hag given, sensational evidence which will result in 1 li* prosecution of prominent men in the coal, iron, copper and lumber business. KUROK! ESTEEMS GENERAL GRANT NEW YORK, May 18.—Admir al Dewey. and,General;Fred Grant visited, GeneralfKuroki yesterday. I Kurokl told/General Grant • he 1 knew his .-'; father and a cpntldt him one of i the ; greateßt. generals the world ever, produced: ami was delighted at - the honor of telling Ufa son .how mucti ho thought of him. ' MABEJvLE) GIiMA N-< ()HBY, I? 5 (From a Simpvlml.) QHOULS ROB GRAVE :lI.UUI/rON, May 18. -Word < ' reached here £tb vday * from * Kiuili, •II i smalls\to*nTelK*iteen '% miles ¥ above j tbII; plac^ thai tf-fgr ay"§* lii | the In- i a lan* bury ing ,: ground f there, hold- i ing the body of Mattel Napoleon; I lite young daughter of Mr. and ) Mrß-j^Jobt*^l^apol»ojj]'ihad^Veeii i (ipt"i:o.l. UkU ii «ilntnr>ri<l rfnp Vfll- | uod".; at i, 50.' torn from {the dead 4 girl's ( baud. The i Indians /of > tiie ; upper,-,valley^ are much V wrought t up , over ? the I desocratlon,": and ; de- 1 clar^ua^i^o^punlshment will t.be* c meted "lit i Che ■ gnUUls'lf^thoy *( arc uiipn'lieiiiloil. .■:... --»yi^; ( JURY MADE AWARD . '■' ' ■ <;■.- •■. w: ■■' , ' '';'■■:~ •*> ( , The Jury In,-theicondemnation i case of th« city against i'Gaetano ') Manza 'and! uiic mul lOlat Mcl by , for lotß 13 and 14, and lotß 27 | and.2B, block 1527, C. P. Ferry's j addition,"' 1 awarded -'' each ';'party i $1,000. ;''^.;' •-■;•■.;.:. ':^-:-\ ■ < I TO STAND FOURTH TKIAIj. SEATTLE, May ;.; 18,-^Clyde I Drownßeld/, whoso; fate has^three I timei | been 5 affected by, the I dlsa- < greement of a Jury,, must; agnlti 3 stand trial • for tho robbing of sHy i Hendrlckson,' a mariner, Nil-; f vember; Brownfleld'a fourth,trial 1 will bo hold- some' time next. Juno, < although* the' exact date; has Dot been set. ■'- ' ■■■"■■.■■:.''..- ■'■ 'tJ:."" >;fi±-: >: :,.,-.. ~r — ■JLJ^.Sb:, ;■;, i t INCUKASIiJ KfHK IX»HHICH , ; NEW YORK, May 18. — Ac- , cording to figures com piled by the i Now - York Journal ; of, Commerce ( tho flreloßseß in the United States and Canada 1' during « April 1 1 were $21,925,000, an ;increaßO;of $10,- ; 000,000 over the name period,ln 1905. The fire at Ban;Pranclßco ' last year, makes comparison', lm- ' possible. ■.•,"■■.•. /■>:• >•;.; :-..■':,'''^- ' COUNCIL TO GIVE THE SOUTH TACOMA WELLS A THOROUGH TEST • If the South Tacoma; well» .do ' not furnish "enough . water to 'sup ply; Tacoma ■' It will 'r bo 'vbecause : they can't. The city -council is making every effort to give them all possible chance. ,?.J •■•■:'-v ■.'•.-.■■:" The'special->water, committee last night voted to recommend the i connecting up , ofi the two Farrelll wella with \ the new air j lift I plant I and they will be ; worked: with the < rest' for, all ', they will yield. .*' *;£, The : committee decided not to change the location of any of the wells still.to be dug):even though Contractor Savage : hag ..recom mended ! It. He is 'striking 1 hard clay and rock in -the -last: ones dug and •he .thought' there' might MASONS TO MEET HERE ■ The' : annual'•meeting of the .Washington Masons' to ;be held ;In thla r city r from ; Juno ;10 to 15, promise* to be one of • the greatest gathering of members of thl.s or der over held Id the state/ ; Already rooms /■ are *•■ toeing "i en gaged '• at 1 the '[. hotels and 5 a ' great Masonic; demonstration -"•• will * be made here.:.'! "■'" " v*':;'*- ; ■' Six Beparate conventions will DEAD CATTLE WE ,; Humane', Officer Harwell ' report ed i today at * poHce.', headquarters ln'regard to" the train load of cat tle "which froacbed Tnconm yester day y with % many . o(« the/ animals dead] andittJevlreoittindersinj juk>r con(Jition*y'Barwell' stated ;thatie ; was unable, to ;locate.the carß^Jj : "I Inquired at <"V.the .•^'packlirg houses," :; : Bald ;* he,; *'and • mado. ai thorough starch .through.! i the* One Cent TUB TIMKS DAILY IHOttT ITUKT ■'-■= - ' v '■-'-. *-. - -:- r -.-■--.. --= 'i.. "■ ■_ v" ' r - Lj*2QßafitiP^^^E3 rKDBRAIi OOUUT K> -MAN WHO WKKNTKI> ' , r ■ KHOM ' IK)\VIK.' 18 A trairKPHlt ffi ': : '■ ANDiglpsqpGmzJ^i'® i^j&fi : :^;; lil,i|AlJKR18|FltIEj(pfA¥fllSH- KILKU OP SOON CITI. CHICAGO, May 18. — vi.Hr* win ; deposed 1 Mi] UioTnUorTbf j VAon V City t tixlnj by :an 6rdcr,'of j'ihe'f^t«^f ; oral i court £ wvoKnizlnjjrf Joba /*. | I#«is as l)<nvl#>'« mi dt> cording «> tin- win left by Bo\' Tli.' court proceeding* necc-iwt. " Idled ,H « recognition of P »'|direct "}f successor Jo Don-Jo in the «<c«lliiKs tn bunkraptcy wliirh wm directed hgaliißt. l>.»wlr\ ; f ho^ffi^^^^ tui<> HliKJlt ion Hill Iv rt K ,Uii»t Oowle'H . cv.THtops, • til* : widow \ mill •, -* 1 Ji; win, , 1 r*,"''"^ A ' t *E^f«f!(fl*" * , It is jiiidoi-mood|th«tsVollvi»'i t«l>l(>or(«Ts;nroidpsortinK him an<| ~ that an effort will tHViinude ,*tbf I read fiitri out of the churrh. . V#Vdllva's >«;l«n; in SCtoa I has be«*n brief •; troublesome. Aft«r liiftffM wrested ?£ power J; from 1 Oowin, a f- - *|nuHs."liK>rtion of i.v- olil "{>r<.pli,fH" followers »■*declared (hut they i would J never nrogwim fe?^^ him hm "3 Zlnu'a lender f and {ther H|« Imve kept up V bitter f|la against 4^S|S: him. LEG CUT OIF While standing on the Northern . Iflc railroad tracks, within {I iT|]ra®|| fe,w;i f eet'/bf the crossing at * Flf*W%^ffi teonth and Hock streets, about •v^i'*>B .1 :30 rA'loeU this afternoon, man f&Bm whose] mime hats not y«i boon ; as certained, was struck by North ern Pacific en nft gNp> 2 5 j aii^.^^S hlß!left;]Gg;C<)wpleted"cnlßhiD4and|'i^M se verod ,'f rib th iti g^ remain )jfs t'if^Sl quivering, bleeding stump. The man was watching another ''" engine twhicli:, was I approaching. ;.* The .police station v wft« notifiedll and the man iirumediatuly- remov ed %to St. .ToHpph'H .. honpital *; and % taken^Hb'^tha^opjaratln^fTOm^aßS^l?^ it will be I necessary tn'; amputata>H|^S whatw remains'; of -1; the mutilated Ihnt the pitln wasrexcrnci»>ini)thW'irijwfedfroanf^|^ ietuluod-coußciwuß\i«B». until • plac ed^«ti(l&r^th<Jfinfluouce;: of : drugs r nt the hospital. '"VJ'^fri \ I,ate nils on it was lo»rned^tfjat|UhojjS»jtiredf]man'B i'- x —, nftinollß'OrionlHttße*iHelHve« at j ONE~BfO~raR~JOB - Thero B just one bid aubmlt- ■ ■ ted .? on the construction of^thev^-v'; 4 Fifteenth ; street j'Btbrni^BQworl* to- (T ' .. day,* Lr,Y/ Stay ton offering" to! take%; ' the^4obJ.at4^ > J4o^H»''wiH J b(>'.' • • given the Contract, ~- v v ',, jVi^TT* w ""-> ; ..The completion of this '".work ■ will Bllow th«> paving Job to '. go 'on as r,w as'cbnteinplated; before ,:,: *"' the ''sewer ? proposition Jcani^^np^ lii<ln foi- thin wero .opened last > week and l<\ A, Keasal will get *■ ' Mils contract. , ■'.* .' " *. .•* UNCLE JOE SEES HUGHES. 1 ALRANY, N. Y M 'r May 11.-— ]':%■& SpealferCaunon;. visited i Governor I , '/ Hughes thin morning' and wbr la ' conference with him. fifteen mln uteß,; At the conclusion the speak-- v- " er said the West knows Hughes ; from what the] newspapers say of ■ him and; he thinks• any man who -. can be • elected governor of New v ; York in presidential timber. nrnjii r.aid he !n candidate If ' ; . the newspaper reporters make htm ii ■ ; one, and told then 1 they-were. re sponsible' for his candidacy." ; ':, 5 ■ TAX ROIrL SWELLED INDIANAPOLIS, May 18. — The •; tax i^: commissioner's vj report 1^ shows j that, corporate! assessments will be ? Increased v> this >.> year ;by over $12,000,000. ■ ,•' ;bjrtnoro water, In some other loca- '"• ! tion. The ; committee"!'decided 'to v ko right ahead and dig the wells"; where . Engineer Fuller ' had ] plan- % ned ihein. .'■■:-y[ :-: ''":Y' f i"T,' K':: ;:;•■.■■,''■■*■' r;Everything "possible!;, Is J, being and no expense la oparjd Inis the effort to enough water to supply the city >■ and I incidentally $~ to hold back" tho'Creon'river proj • ect; until 'after Mayor Wright gets' out of office. . L . 'The mayor gays he wants them j to; make the South Tacoma wells do their best and he Ist eatlaaeil>* then It J will ;i bo-; ho ? far short of & what the city needs In the line ot water 2 that r there t will ft never be any. more ; opposition ?to a gravity, fj. system. be, lheld by : the .various Masonic' ■ bodies, as follows: ■'! ••-.■ ■';-*»■ -.!;'■ - . June 10, the Grand command ery, Knights Touiplar; Juno 11, grand lodge, F, & A. M.; June 14,,' grand i, chapter£,£ of js» the ;|Eastern ~ ■ Star; 1 June'l4;; grand; ■pter 1 JtiV:' yU-M.jWJune SJjJ, / tho reorder |of priesthood;•June IB," grand coua ell R. & 8. M. • ..:The sessions will ail be; held In the Maeonlc? temple.* 1 ;; ■ ENT TO SEATTLE "',. ;, ', ".. .. . ; -p. ,■■ ■-, -..i ■ :■■: 'Vr.!! ■ ■•■■; ■ yards, but Itefore I oould inspect.; them the:train^ had'continued oa ■v <=• t'i dkxxists ToyueiM 1. . - -■;..BB^TTLB,*;74By # l|™^l»|>iWa ißa-'" ington Stat^l.pftiital£Bi^jiety'j;.'wm hold vitßs*annual> co&venUon'stiera;. iiext^weok. ; last I tnrea", days j; and twin J!a Elks' hall Moad morning at ; » 'o'clock,*; '":• ■ ■'" '■: ', v. ■ - -